Bundle holder for corn binders



Nov. 12, 1929. R. A. HEAD v 1,735,275

BUNDLE HOLDER FOR CORN BINDERS Filed Oct. 51, 1928 5 Sheets-Sheet l A v 32 a Inventor fiosc'o A. Head NOV. 12. 1929. A, HEAD 1,735,275

BUNDLE HOLDER FOR CORN BINDERS Filed 001;. 31, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor Zioscae A .Head

If Yoanoooa Nov. 12, 1929. R. A. HEAD 1,735,275

BUNDLE momma FOR CORN BINDERS Filed Oct. 51, 1928 I5 Sheets-Sheet 3 Inventor 1206006 A Head Attornqy 15 adapted to the Patented Nov. 12, 1929 PATENr OFFICE noscon A. HEAD, OF cnnnn VALE, KANSAS BUNDLE HOLDER FOR CORN BINDERS" Application filed October 31, 1928. Serial No. 316,180.

The present invention relates to a bundle holder for corn binders and aims to provide a structure which willhold the bundle upright so that the top of the bundle will not 5 lean over while the packers of the binder are making av bundle and to release the bundle out on the carrier of the binder after the bundle has been completed.

Another aim of the invention is to pro 1 vide a bundle holder o'f this nature which is exceedingly simple in its construction easy to install on the binder, adjustable, thoroughly efficient. and reliable in use and operation, strong and durable, and otherwise well purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in View as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel 20 features of construction, and in the combinationand arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing: a Figure 1 is a fragmentary illustration of 25 a corn binder showing the rear end thereof in side elevation,

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a bolt for pivotal engagement with the bundle engag ing member,

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a curved bolt for association with the bundle engaging member,

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the bundle holder,

Figure 5 is a side elevation thereof,

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the lower supporting arm,

, Figure 7 is a perspective view of the frame,

Figure 8 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 88 of Figure 4,

Figure 9 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 99 of Figure 4,

Figure 10 is a perspective View of the bundle engaging member, a

Figure 11 is a perspective view of the bracket arm.

Referring to the drawing in detail, it will be seen that the numeral 5 denotes a bar which is bolted as at 6 and 7 to the upper end of a needle chain platform 8. Apertures 9 are provided in the bar 5 for receiving-the bolt 6 while a slot 10 is provided for receiving the bolt 7 so that obvious adjustment may be made.

The rear end of the bar 5 is provided with an upstanding extension 11 with an opening 12 therein. The numeral 14 denotes the bundle holder frame which. is in the form of I a vertical bar having a forwardly and down wardly inclined extension 15. The extension 15 is provided with a plurality of apertures 16 and the slot 17 so that the same may be bolted under the upper feed chain board of the binder by bolts 18 and 19 respectively passing through openings 16v and slot 17 so that obvious adjustments may be made.

The inclination of the extension 15 is controlled obviously by the inclination of the upper feed chain board 20' of. the binder as is clearly apparent from Figure 1. A bracket 21 is provided with an oblong sleeve 22 at one end circumjacent the frame 14 to be bolted thereto by a bolt 23 passing through anyone of a series of openings 21 in accordance with the height of the bundles.

This bracket extendslaterally of the binder and terminates in a forwardly directed extension 25 having an opening 26 tl16I'el-I1'.. A

bolt 27 is slidable through the opening 26 U and has a spring 28 thereabout impinged against the extension 25 and the head of the bolt. The letter B denotes a bundle engaging member which is formed of two bars having intermediate portions 30 riveted or otherwise secured together as at 31 and the forward ends of these intermediate portions diverge forwardly from each other and. merge into coextensive parallel bundle engaging fingers 32 The rear ends of the portions 30 diverge rearwardly from each other as at 33 and terminate in spaced parallel coextensive portions 34 the rear ends of which are pivotally engaged With the forward end of the bolt 27 as is indicated at 35.

A curved bolt 36 extends through one of the openings 37 in the bracket 21 and has a pin 38 in the adjacent extremity thereof. This curved bolt. extends between the rear portions 34 of the bundle engaging member B. A buffer spring is disposed about the bolt between portions 34 and the bracket 21.

A spring 41 is disposed about the bolt be tween portions 34 and a nut 42 on the end of the bolt. The bolt 36 will be engaged in the opening 37 adjacent the frame 14 for extra heavy bundles.

With this bundle holder in place it will be seen that the bundles being formed in the binder will be held in an upright position so that the tops thereof will not lean over while the packers are in the operation of making the bundles. hen thepackers have completed their work and the binder trips the bundle the spring 41 allows the member B to swing to the dotted line position clearly illustrated in Figure 4 and bolts 27 assumes the position also shown in Figure 8. These springs 41 and 28 will tend to return the member B to its normal position and the spring 40 will function as a buffer in its return.

It is thought that the construction, operation, utility and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this art without a more detailed description thereof. 7 I

The present embodiment of the invention has been disclosed in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exemplification, since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. A bundle holder for binders of the class described including, in combination, a frame,

a bracket adjustably mounted on the frame and extending laterally therefrom, a curved bolt fixed to the bracket and extending therefrom, said bracket having an ofiset end with an opening therein, a bolt extending through the opening, a spring on the second mentioned bolt between the head thereof and the extension, a bundle engaging member having portions straddling the first mentioned bolt and having an end pivotally engaged with the second mentioned bolt, a spring on the first mentioned bolt urging the bundle engaging member into engaging position.

2. A bundle holder for binders of the class described including, in combination, a frame, a bracket adjustably mounted on the frame and extending laterally therefrom, a curved bolt fixed to the bracket and extending therefrom, said bracket having an ofiset end with an opening therein, a bolt extending through the opening, a spring on the second mentioned botl between the head thereof and the extension, a bundle engaging member having portions straddling the first mentioned bolt and having an end pivotally engaged with the second mentioned bolt, a spring on the first mentioned bolt urging the bundle engaging I member into engaging position, a second spring on the first mentioned bolt between the bundle engaging member and the bracket.

3. A bundle. holder for binders of the class described including, in combination, a frame, a bracket adjustably mounted on the frame and extending laterally therefrom, a curved bolt fixed to the bracket and extending therefrom, said bracket having an ofiset end with an opening therein, a bolt extending through the opening, a spring on the second mentioned bolt between the head thereof and the ex tension, a bundle engaging member having portions straddling the first mentioned bolt and having an end pivotally engaged with the second mentioned bolt, a spring on the first mentioned bolt urgin the bundle engaging member into engaging position, a secon spring on the first mentioned bolt between the bundle engaging member and the bracket, said frame havin an extension at its upper end inclining downwardly and forwardly for attachment under the upper feed chain bore of the binder, bracket arm adjustably mounted on the lower end of the frame for engagement witn the needle chain bore of the binder.

4. i bundle holder mechanism of the class described including, in combination, a suppozting structure, a bolt slidable in thesupporting structure, a bundle engaging member pivotally engaged with the bolt, a head on the bolt remote from the bundle holder, a spring on the bolt impinging against the head of the bolt and the supporting structure, a second bolt in the supporting structure, a spring thereon impinging against the bundle engaging member to hold it in a predetermined normal position.

In testimony whereof I aifix mv signature.

ROSCOE A HEAD. 

